Mamachuck enjoying a bit of a favorite seasonal treat-newly matured Snow on the Mountain. She worked the perimeter only rather than rampaging through the entire bed. I appreciate this and I hope this signals some sort of understanding between us. She is welcome to nibble.
And, she is welcome to all-you-can-eat grass at the Diner which she enjoys with gusto. That girl loves her grass and helps keep it chopped down as I am not mowing during this drought.
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Sutton Hoo was discovered in 1939 in Suffolk in Southeastern England and these items had been
buried alongside a local king, Raedwald, within a 90-foot-long ship. He
died in 624 A.D., thus dating the site to nearly 1,500 years ago. Extraordinary craftsmanship on these pieces.
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She wryly commented to her husband as they exited the shed "we have a variety of critter traps for all sizes". "Yep", her husband replied "it's our deterrence with the critters. They know we have them and not afraid to use them."
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We watched Fantasia 2000 from 1999 when Disney decided to remake the 1940 classic. Visually stunning at times-my fav was the "Pines of Rome" sequence with whales. However, Disney decided to chop each music/animation segment up with some celebrity running their mouths about how the animators did this or that. Evidently, Disney felt this would appeal to the adults who would swoon because there was Steve Martin, Bette Midler, James Earl Jones etal doing the intros.
Oi. It
comes off as a promo pitch selling an idea to investors/donors or some schlocky
culture lecture at the Kennedy Center. Very, very odd choice and in my
book, egregiously annoying.
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Serious condition: In our fetish to personalize every aspect of our lives come this ad for skin lotion Cera Ve. The skin is talking to the woman it inhabits: "Hey, I'm dry. I don't like to be dry". Well, the woman obeys the voice in her head and buys Cera Ve. The skin is happy and life is good, but, as it implies unsaid, only if you buy, buy, buy.
Nice conditioning (I couldn't pass up this pun) of the populace to taking orders. Siri, Alexi, iPhone notifications and your body are all part of the hierarchy of commands. Do as I say.
Yeah, I've been watching a lot of X files.
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Another strange opening for a documentry: from Planet Doc-"Armenia, Land of Noah":
"Unknown yet radiant, Armenia..."
This sounds he is referring to Miss Armenia on Eurovision.
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Buddy's yoga goals: Follow along with Mom's movements. Try and anticipate where they are going to go. Position your body so her hand will brush by your side. Scritch giving will be irresistible.
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I was one of those 12 year old geeks who built and flew model rockets, had a basic weather station and a telescope. Through the years, I witnessed solar and lunar eclipses, planetary occultations* with the moon, meteor showers and one summer as an adult, I kept charts of the movements of Jupiter's moons.
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Noting the death of Astrud Gilberto who recently passed aged 83. She rose to fame as wife of Joao Gilberto, singing her husband's co-written Brazilian Bossa Nova huge worldwide hit "The Girl From Ipanema."
Another fave of mine also featuring Stan Getz on tenor sax: "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars".
When I was a kid, the Sun Theatre in Grand Ledge was where my family went to see movies. We had gone a couple of times to the downtown Lansing theaters, the Michigan and the Gladmer, but they were usually crowded and noisy. The Sun was more laid back, less crowded, cheaper and closer than Lansing from our house. The Sun has been in operation since 1931 with a couple of interruptions due to change of management and Covid.
Seen while out and about: on the way home we noticed this message on the Delta Presbyterian Church's light box sign:
Deep dark depression
Excessive misery
Turn to Jesus
"Odd message" I said to C. "It's from Hee Haw" she replied. That's right folks, Hee Haw. My wife's elephant memory provides this odd nugget. The song, from 1969, is called "Gloom, Despair and Agony on Me" and here is the lyric the church used:
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on meIt is sung by a group of good ole' boys, gathered around the altar of their moonshine still, drinking from a jug and lamenting their troubles accompanied by their faithful bloodhound.
Nice nuggets! Funny how I remembered Beauregard the Wonder Dog as joining in the chorus of the song.
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